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Clinical Trials/IRCT2014093019346N1
IRCT2014093019346N1
Completed
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Effect of quadriceps muscle strengthening exercises on the fiber angle ratio of vastus medialis obliquus to vastus lateralis in patient wit patellofemoral pain syndrome

Deputy of research and technology of Semnan University of Medical Sciences0 sites30 target enrollmentTBD

Overview

Phase
未知
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
patellofemoral pain syndrom.
Sponsor
Deputy of research and technology of Semnan University of Medical Sciences
Enrollment
30
Status
Completed
Last Updated
8 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
TBD
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
8 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Deputy of research and technology of Semnan University of Medical Sciences

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • peripatellar or retropatellar
  • pain provoked by at least 2 of the following
  • activities: prolonged sitting with flexed knees, stair climbing, squatting, running, kneeling, and jumping(including landing after a jump); exhibition of 2 or more of the following clinical criteria on
  • assessment: pain on direct compression of the patella
  • against the femoral condyles with the knee in full extension, tenderness on palpation of the posterior edge at the medial and/or lateral border of the patella, and pain on direct compression of the patella against the femur during isometric quadriceps contraction
  • with the knee in slight flexion; age between 12 and 40 years old; the presence of patellofemoral pain for
  • a minimum of 3 months.
  • Exclusion criteria: history or evidence of other knee disorders like ligament injury, bursitis, meniscal injury, or osteoarthritis; lower limb surgery
  • or trauma during last year; patellar instability; referred pain from the lumbar spine and ankle joint; existence of any abnormality in lower limb and spine; loss of flexibility of the soft tissue structures such as the quadriceps, hamstrings, triceps surae; the position and mobility of the subject's patella were then clinically assessed using the method described by McEwan et al. The subjects were also excluded if their patellae demonstrated lateral deviation greater than 5 mm; lateral patella tilt; hypo or
  • hypermobility on medial glide of the patella.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Not provided

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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